Local drive-ins to show Garth Brooks concert
Country music superstar Garth Brooks will perform a virtual concert that will be played at 300 drive-in theaters in June across the country and in the Dayton area.
Brooks announced the June 27 concert event on Thursday. Tickets for Garth Brooks: A Drive-in Concert Experience will go on sale Friday at Ticketmaster.com/garthbrooks.
A complete list of theaters showing the film will be announced June 15 at noon.
Dayton’s Dixie-Twin theater announced its plan to show the concert on Facebook.
The Melody 49 drive-in theater in Brookville also confirmed it will be showing the concert.
The Holiday Auto drive-in theater in Hamilton also plans to show the concert, according to its Facebook post.
Tickets for the showings of the concert, to be filmed in Nashville, Tennessee, will be limited. Tickets will cost $100 per passenger car or truck.
The concert event will follow guidelines recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as all state and local health mandates. There will be rules on spacing between vehicles, protective equipment for staff, contactless payment and limited capacity in restrooms.
Brooks said in a statement that the drive-in concert “allows us all to get back to playing live music without the uncertainty of what would be the result to us as a community.”
Brooks has had to postpone some of his concerts this year due to the coronavirus spread.